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Florida Film Festival: Standing Room Only for Organ Harvesting Documentary

World NewsJuly 13, 20160Comments

The documentary Hard To Believe, which was screened at the Vero Beach Wine & Film Festival in Vero Beach, Florida on June 10, 2016, had a profound impact on the packed house at Vero Beach Museum of Art. The event was standing room only. Immediately after the screening, two local Falun Gong practitioners answered questions…

Cultivating Is a Life Changing Experience

InsightsJuly 13, 20160Comments

Recently, at the age of 63, I began to practice Falun Gong, which turned out to be a life changing experience. I was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in 2013 and had surgery. I relapsed three years later. After six rounds of chemotherapy and radiation, there was not much improvement. I was hoarse, could barely talk, and…

Falun Gong Group Participates in National Independence Day Parade in Washington DC

World NewsJuly 13, 20160Comments

The Falun Gong group participated in America's National Independence Day Parade in Washington DC on July 4, 2016 for the 14th consecutive year. Hundreds of thousands of spectators lined Constitution Avenue to watch the parade of over 100 groups from 50 states representing different geographical, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds. Falun Gong float Director of the Falun Gong…

European Parliament Holds Hearing on Forced Organ Harvesting in China

World NewsJuly 12, 20160Comments

Three independent investigators from Canada and the United States testified at a hearing on the state-sanctioned organ harvesting of prisoners of conscience in China, held by the European Parliament on June 29, 2016. Canadian human right lawyer David Matas, Canadian former diplomat David Kilgour, and American reporter Ethan Gutmann presented the results from the latest investigations…

Falun Gong Practitioners in Saint Petersburg Expose CCP Organ Harvesting

World NewsJuly 5, 20160Comments

Falun Gong practitioners in Saint Petersburg, Russia set up an information booth on the Field of Mars on June 22-25, 2016. They introduced Falun Gong, exposed the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) organ harvesting from living practitioners, and collected signatures calling for an end to the persecution. Falun Gong practitioners on the Field of Mars in Saint…

Honolulu: Raising Awareness About the Persecution of Falun Gong

World NewsJuly 5, 20160Comments

Local Falun Gong practitioners arranged a series of events in Honolulu's Chinatown on June 18 and 19. The goal was to raise awareness about the persecution of Falun Gong in China, that has now gone on for 17 years. People ask to learn more. They also talked to people about US Congressional House Resolution 343. The resolution…

Chinese Tourist: “The Chinese Ought to Thank Falun Gong Practitioners”

World NewsJuly 5, 20160Comments

A torture re-enactment in downtown Auckland, New Zealand, on World Anti-Torture Day caught people's attention. Falun Gong practitioners held activities on Aotea Square on June 26, 2016, appealing to the public to help end the 17-year-long persecution of Falun Gong in China. The “anti-torture demonstration” was made up of two distinct parts. One part featured the re-enactment…

New Practitioner: The Master of Falun Gong Saved Me and My Dad

InsightsJuly 5, 20160Comments

I got really sick in 2013, with severe pain in my back and legs. I also suffered from bad sciatica and was short of breath. I became bedridden, and nothing the hospital did helped. I was near the point of breakdown. In early April 2014, my aunt, who is a Falun Gong practitioner, came for a…

Switzerland: Thirty-Six Lawmakers Urge UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to Help Bring Former Chinese Dictator to Justice

World NewsJuly 5, 20160Comments

Thirty-six Swiss lawmakers jointly signed a letter to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, urging him to help move forward the lawsuits against Jiang Zemin for his role in the 17-year persecution of Falun Gong. Jiang Zemin, as then-head of Chinese Communist Party, launched the persecution in 1999, and personally…

Frankfurt, Germany: Falun Dafa Group Inspires and Informs at the Parade of Cultures

World NewsJuly 5, 20160Comments

Falun Dafa practitioners joined the “Parade der Kulturen” (Parade of Cultures) in Frankfurt, Germany on June 25, 2016. Launched in 2003, this years' event featured over 70 groups showcasing a vast array of traditions. In addition to a colourful float and lively performances by the Divine Land Marching Band, the Falun Dafa contingent featured a section…

Hearing on Organ Harvesting Held by U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs

World NewsJuly 1, 20160Comments

A joint subcommittee hearing titled “Organ harvesting: An examination of a brutal practice” was held by the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs on June 23, 2016. Several witnesses gave testimony that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) conducts live organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners at the scale of genocide, and that the heinous crime…

VOA: Investigation Update—China Still Harvesting Human Organs on Huge Scale

World NewsJune 30, 20160Comments

An update to the investigation report released on Wednesday, concluded that the Chinese Communist Party has engaged the State in the mass killings of innocents, primarily Falun Gong practitioners, but also Uyghurs, Tibetans, and select House Christians, in order to obtain organs for transplant, on a genocidal scale. Evidence shows a much larger number of…